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GEOMETRIC CIRCLE RUG

Here is Dawns wonderful 'CIRCLES RUG' done with a BOWL and a template centre motif scattered about in the circles.This is a great pattern to hook for a 'FIRST RUG' . . .all you need are lots of colour and VALUE choices in your wool stash . . . .Congratulations Dawn on your recent BLOG AWARDS!

(I am gone for a few days BEAVER HUNTING!)Beaver predators . .
Because beavers spend most of their lives either in the water or in a lodge protected by water, they have very few natural predators .

Of the successful predators that they do have, however, wolves and humans are the major two. Other predators include bears, lynxes, wolverines, red foxes, and dogs. In North America coyotes and possibly river otters also prey on beavers. There is question of whether river otters eat found carcasses of beavers or if they actually hunt and kill them; regardless, the beaver is rarely found to be part of river otters' diet. (Rosell and Czech, 2000)

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I love this rug! Such a modern example of circle designs. The colors are so rich! And... attack of the beavers a block from our home. They took down several trees in a retirement village. Must have come up out of the creek. Very unusual!

Why thank you - I flattened the ends of the star for my template, I didn't want them as pointy as a traditional "star", plus I didn't intend for any of them to match up, so I intentionally shifted the star slightly for each circle. As to the wool in this rug - I bought a stash on ebay from a woman whose mother had died - she had been a long time rug hooker, and had dyed most of her own wool. I think it was a fitting tribute to this hooker that her wool ended up in this rug

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This seems like a better spot for all those leftover worms that hang about filling endless bags for heaven knows when they might be needed!

Just get a piece of backing organized and fill it as strips are welcomed into the left over pile!

Seems easy enough and a no-brainer rug will be underway!always ready for a mindless hook at a hookin . . . .I can never take my more creative rugs as I can not hook and talk ! So this is perfect on all fronts!

LUPIN TIME hooked
NOT easy to hook with all those tiny flowers but here they are sort of ROVING done and it seems to work well . . . great job!I would like to see the finished mat!

I imagine there are many ways to hook these special flowers
One of the things I really love about lupins are the shape of their leaves . . .drawn here in a very simple stylized manner and hooked in a 3 value sort of way.
TUESDAY 21 JUNE
I have noticed today that this posting of hooked lupins is a featured blog on Rug Hooking daily! Thank you Heidi!
I must note here that I did not hook this mat and I have no IDEA where I saw it - I just love LUPINS!!

If you read my post and it is your work PLEASE comment here !!
I certainly would love to know you and give you credit !

Yesterday I suggested you start sewing on the binding in the corner . . . Be sure to leave a couple of inches to cut off at the end- and then just fold and set up the mitre on the back side-at the corner where you started! Voila!! there are no seams joined on your sides. On the underneath side,neatly sew corner MITRED together with tiny little stitches . . .use LINEN thread or . . . . if you do not have any, then use 100% COTTON . . Take small running stitches all around on the inside edge of your tape. For the BEST PHOTOS of this whole procedure check out Jen Manuels BLOG site her pictures are excellent for yesterdays description of the same thing! Please Remember there are many ways to FINISH the EDGE of a RUG . . . this is just one way . . .which I ,myself like . . if the rug is at all like an old style of Antique kind of design. . . .or any other style come to think of it! .